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Get a free permit to join family from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein in the UK - check if you’re eligible, documents you need to apply.

• Overview

  You may be able to get an EU Settlement Scheme family permit to come to…

• Apply if you're joining a family member from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein

  You can apply for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit to come to the UK…

• Apply if you’re joining a person of Northern Ireland

  You can apply for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit if you are an…

• Apply if you have ‘retained the right of residence’

  You may be able to apply for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit if you…

• After you get an EU Settlement Scheme family permit

  You will be able to use your EU Settlement Scheme family permit to come…

• If you're living outside the UK with a British citizen

  You can no longer apply for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit if…

This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Japan, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.

• Updated: 3 November 2025

This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Thailand, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.

• Updated: 20 November 2024

Information for pregnant women with singleton (having only one baby) and twin pregnancies who have received a higher-chance result from the combined or quadruple screening test

• Updated: 5 February 2025

Use this form to apply for the alteration of a maintenance agreement after the death of one of the parties.

• Updated: 1 January 2009

• Updated: 1 January 2003

• Updated: 1 January 2012

Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.

• Updated: 7 October 2025

Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK

• Updated: 2 November 2022